News
Jan. 6, 2000
The Terra High Gain Antenna (HGA) remains turned off due to concerns about the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA).
Jan. 5, 2000
A major step forward in the MISR activation sequence took place this morning, and all went perfectly!
Jan. 5, 2000
Terra mission activation is having its ups and downs.
Jan. 4, 2000
The transition from 1999 to 2000 turned up no problems associated with Y2K
Dec. 27, 1999
MISR and Terra are continuing operations in safe mode. A decision as to when to put MISR in full outgassing mode is pending.
Dec. 23, 1999
MISR continues in safe mode and all telemetry readings are normal.
Dec. 22, 1999
What a roller coaster ride we have been on, but I have extremely good news to report about MISR.
Dec. 21, 1999
Today's attempt to unlatch the instrument cover did not occur successfully.
Dec. 20, 1999
Turn-on of the MISR instrument and unlatching of the cover and calibration panels has been postponed.
Dec. 19, 1999
December 18, was an exciting day! Successful launch of Terra occurred.
Dec. 16, 1999
The launch of NASA's Earth-observing Terra satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Dec. 10, 1999
The launch of NASA's Earth-observing Terra satellite, bearing state-of-the-art instruments to study interactions between the land, atmosphere, ocean and life on the planet, is set for Thursday, Dec. 16
June 13, 1997
JPL's Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument, to be carried aboard Earth Observing System (EOS) AM-1 mission, has been shipped